#2 of 2: Antonov 225 taking off from Leipzig/Halle airport (Germany) on 15/12/2021

On my channel, there are already quite a number of videos featuring the Antonov An-225 "Mriya" and this time, I publish two of them in direct succession here! That's because after landing at my local airport Leipzig/Halle (LEJ/EDDP) on 12th December 2021, the giant plane took off again only 3 days later and I was able to capture both and so my last video ( https://youtu.be/DTjV3Kbq9SE ) featured the landing, while this one features the take-off, of course.

A first in this context is the position I shot this video from. Because you don't have an unobstructed overview over the entire runway 26L from there, it's reasonably okay for capturing landing aircraft, because you can usually see the touch down quite well, but for capturing take-offs it has its limits, which is why plane spotters usually prefer other locations. However, since I'm in the fortunate position of having captured the giant Antonov so many times before, I decided to take my video from there anyway, with the result being I was the only one to do so!

Do you wonder what's so special about the Antonov An-225? Well, it's the world's largest cargo aircraft and there's only one complete example of this type! Antonov have started to build a second one, but that has never been finished and although there are rumours of plans complete that one every couple of years, by now they have never proven to be true.

The plane, registered as UR-82060, can be seen here, taking off for Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN/ZBTJ), China on flight ADB349F.

0:00 Intro
0:26 An-225 taxiing towards runway 26L
2:31 An-225 taxiing onto runway 26L
3:58 Engine warm-up, stage 1
5:04 Engine warm-up, stage 2
5:28 Boeing 777F D-AALT taxiing towards runway 26L
5:54 Boeing 777F arriving at holding point 26L
6:20 An-225 taking off
6:41 An-225 passing ATC tower
7:30 An-225 retracting landing gear
8:14 "End titles"
Recorded on 2021-12-15
similar videos on my channel:
► An-225: https://tinyurl.com/jxjfm7dj
► Antonov aircraft: https://tinyurl.com/h3s73oj
► Leipzig/Halle airport: https://tinyurl.com/jqtzqsj
► shot in 2021: https://tinyurl.com/be10jqcz

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